Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has strongly denounced the US officials’ "interventionist" and "cheap" ‎remarks about the recent developments in Iran.‎

In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned the "cheap, ‎worthless, and invalid" comments recently made by US President Donald Trump and the US State ‎Department, saying, "The Iranian people pay no heed to the opportunistic claims of American officials, ‎particularly President Trump."‎‎"The great nation of Iran for sure has closely watched the active participation of Mr Trump in violating the ‎human rights of Palestinian, Yemeni, and Bahraini people," he noted.‎‎"Moreover, they definitely remember the US president’s malignant hostility towards the educated people ‎of Iran, the restrictions he imposed on the entry of Iranians to America, and the arrest of many Iranian ‎nationals living in the US on fabricated pretexts."‎

Therefore, he added, the Iranian nation views the opportunistic and deceptive support of these officials for ‎gatherings in some Iranian cities in recent days as nothing but the US administration’s hypocrisy and ‎deception.‎

‎"The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Constitution has provided democratic frameworks for legal support of ‎people’s civil demands, and it is totally possible to pursue such demands within the framework of law," he ‎added.‎

‎"The Iranian people are the biggest assets behind the country’s security and development," Qassemi ‎noted, adding that the people’s turnout in the elections with the aim of deciding their fates and the active ‎participation of the entire nation in monitoring and criticising the country’s state bodies guarantee the ‎prosperity and progress of Iran and the Islamic Revolution.‎

‎"The Iranian nation’s insightful presence is the most important factor behind the country’s resistance to ill-‎wishers," he said, adding that the Trump administration has proved to be the head of those ill-wishers.‎

Qassemi finally referred to 70 years of interference in Iran’s domestic affairs by various US ‎administrations, including the US’ role in plotting and leading the 1953 coup against Iran’s national and ‎legal government, Washington’s full support for the Pahlavi regime’s crackdown on Iranian freedom-‎seekers, and its all-out support for the criminal regime of Saddam Hussein during the eight-year war on ‎Iran, and said, "The US officials are not in a position to show sympathy for the great and wise nation of ‎Iran."‎